A water-based lubricant for plastic working, comprising a resin component containing a copolymer or homopolymer of monomers having an ethylenically unsaturated bond, including at least maleic anhydride (A), an inorganic component (B), and a solid lubricating component (C), wherein maleic anhydride moieties of the resin component (A) are blocked with a nitrogen-containing compound at a blocking ratio of 10 to 80%, and unblocked of maleic anhydride moieties are neutralized with an alkaline component at a degree of neutralization of 40 to 100%, and wherein the inorganic component (B) comprises an inorganic reinforcing component (B1);
- and the resin component (A), the inorganic reinforcing component (B1) and the solid lubricating component (C) have a solid mass in the range of:
- [(A)+(B1)]/[(A)+(B1)+(C)]=0.2 to 0.97
- (A)/(B1)=0.35 to 3.85.